There's absolutely no way through for even kayaks at low (0.6 on the Dolauhirion gauge) levels. Some of our group clambered/dragged boats over the trees/rocks on the RH bank and then put in just below - most of us had more sense and took the river left bank/field portage.

That's great info - many thanks!

yes, please?

Grid references?

0.27 sounds low - I've always thought of 0.4 as reasonable minimum level. Is it really reasonably scrape-free at that level? I'm guessing you have to carry down to the confluence of the stream at the put-in rather than paddle down the stream?

Lost last Sunday during a moderately epic-filled Tryweryn day:
1. Elderly club paddle: Black blades, aluminium shaft with blue tape at one end of shaft - lost on lower river
2. White Shred Ready Super Scrappy helmet: lost just below Miss Davis's Bridge
Any news gratefully received!

cheers

Dave

stormkayaker wrote:Mike has promised to arrange winds of F4 or less unlike the last time...

Hmm!

I've managed to convince myself that, using a 'middling feather, when I make the effort of concentration to sustain a really high-paddle-angle forward paddling stroke, my wrists rotate very little in going from a stroke on one side to the other. In other words, both wrist remain 'straight' and all t...

Richard

Are you hosting the August Bank Holiday 'Rally' this year?

regards

Dave

That should of course have read Upper Guisane !

Now back in the UK - complete with said throwline ........

Paddle is a nylon-bladed 'Streamlyte'.

Now back in UK - but maybe a British paddler might find it?

Found Monday afternoon 22 June. If you think it's yours, pm me with details.

Lost Monday 22 June between the end of the Gorge and the weir in town - paddle with club markings and phone number. Probably initially trapped on river bed, but may come free and show up. Would be grateful to hear of any sitings.

Has phone number on it, but if anyone happens to find it and the number is indecipherable, I'd be delighted
to hear from you. Dave

Or contact P&H and buy a replacement mk2 skeg slider kit. Vastly superior to the mk 1 and less 'making good' required than appears to be necessary with the Kajaksport version. Yes, the cord/bungee arrangement needs a bit of routine maintenance (occasionally cleaning out sand & grit from the skeg axl...

Hi all

Usual sort of question! Club trip to N Wales mooted this weekend, and everywhere dry as a bone! Is anything running at G3-ish in Snowdonia (even if not exciting!)? Otherwise, I guess it's the Dee and the Tryweryn.

cheers

Dave

If you sit below the drop in your boat, you will be slowly drawn towards the centre of the horseshoe - even in very low conditions, let alone Sunday's medium-low level. It's always happened, and I would say it's always been known as a risk. I always make sure that one or more competent paddlers lead...

Sorry - didn't spot your bottle (or hear of anyone else who did) either!

Dave

Hi Managed to mislay my watch while getting changed yesterday morning (Sunday 25th Jan) - either at Talybont put-in (on road or in field just below stile) or possibly at Crickhowell take-out (was parked on verge up the road towards Llangynidr) - I was finishing putting my drysuit on while waiting fo...

Thorney How Independent Hostel in Grasmere is well worth a look.

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Last time we were there, some of our guys found a shop/cafe near the top of the street on the right, which did greasy. Food took a fair time to appear, though - and I don't know what time they opened as we were down for the day so probably didn't get there till 9:30.

I thought that the relevant width was the extreme widest part of the body (ie excluding wing/door mirrors), and that basing on width over mirrors was common misconception.

The works associated with the replacement bridge at the Burial Chamber (just below Junction Pool) put-in have now been competed. The layby has been formalised (tidied up, kerbed, etc) but all of the land on either side of the bridge both sides of the river is now fenced off with substantial chest-hi...

Well, 43 wouldn't have been going fast, scallop dredging - and I wouldn't want to get tangled with the dredge cable.

I think the tree at the end of the last mini-gorge may be the same one that has been there for years - it was certainly there witheteh same configuration last year. I suspect it is well covered at higher levels because the constriction causes the water to back up substantially there, and hence cover...

Great weekend! Saturday, the Kent was a scrape on the open sections but a nice introduction to the more interesting stuff - that is until we had a shoulder dislocation on the L-shaped drop which meant that the half of the group who were planning to attempt Force Falls didn't get their chance to do s...

Hi all Seeking some local advice from the North Country, please! A group from our club are scheduled to be paddling 'up North' this weekend - no accommodation booked yet, but thinking Lakes or Tees-Tyne areas. My assessment is that paddling opportunities will be restricted to Leven, Kent,Tees (Low F...

It's the most significant rapid in the 'mini-gorge' above the Marteg confluence.

I would suspect that the updates to the EA graphs occur less frequently than data are received from the gauges - unless anyone knows otherwise. The frequency of updating the graph varies from region to region (sometimes only once per day on some rivers during periods of 'quiet' weather), whereas eve...

If Canoe Wales operates the same system as Canoe England, clubs have a number of licences (CE is 3 inclusive in affiliation fee plus extras at additional cost). You might be able to use one of these, if surplus to requirements to licence club boats?